Hi All, I was just thinking: Would it be possible to right drivers to use the pc speaker as a synth in speakup? Then for those who don't have a hardware synth that would work. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:02 PM Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > Another problem is that sound modules don't load until the filesystems are > mounted. And viavoice isn't a kernel level synth, besides the fact that it > can't be anyway. This I would think is why Speakup doesn't support > software synths as of yet. > > Gates go to hell, your OS is waiting for you there! > > On Thu, 23 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > > But could I use it with Speakup, to hear the voice only after the system > > boots? > > Or is not supported at all? no drivers, etc. > > > > Teddy, > > orasnita at home.ro > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Shaun Oliver" <shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:24 PM > > Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > > > > > > > Hi teddy. > > > viavoice won't be supported by speakup as I understand it because it's a > > > nonfree package and the source code isn't freely available. > > > as for the problem with the dec-talk pc, the issue is, needing dictionary > > > files to be loaded into the synth at boot time. > > > You can't do this until the file systems are properly mounted. So, if one > > > gets a kernel panic, you wouldn't know about it because you wouldn't have > > > speech from kernel load. > > > hth > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Shaun Oliver > > > > > > Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and the > > > > > only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. > > > > > -- Wernher von Braun. > > > > > email: shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au > > > > > icq:76958435 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
